Machado vs Lopes

Who won Machado vs Lopes?

Caio Machado beat Edison Lopes by submission in the 1st round during the main event of BFL 75, on Thursday 1st December 2022 at Harbour Convention Centre in Vancouver.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Machado vs Lopes stats

Caio Machado stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Edison Lopes made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Both men made their promotional debut for the BFL.

The stats suggested Machado had a slight advantage in power over Lopes, with a 67% knock out percentage over Lopes' 64%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Lopes had a slight advantage over Machado, with a 27% submission rate over Machado's 17%.

Caio Machado was the younger man by 16 years, at 30 years old.

Machado had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lopes.

Machado was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 10 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 4 years and 4 months later than Lopes, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 31 to Lopes' 35.

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Machado's last 2 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 2 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Machado vs Lopes?

Caio Machado was a 1/12 (-1200) favourite going into the contest, while Edison Lopes made his way into the ring at 6/1 (+600) with oddsmakers.